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Allison Butler; Massachusetts, United States; Co-PresidentAllison Butler is a lecturer-advisor and the director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she teaches courses on cultural studies, critical media literacy, and representations of education in the media. Butler directs the grassroots organization Mass Media Literacy, where she develops legislation, teacher training, and curriculum for the inclusion of comprehensive media literacy in Massachusetts K-12 public schools. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from New York University. She is the author of numerous articles and two books on media literacy, Media Education Goes to School (Peter Lang, 2010) and Majoring in Change (Peter Lang, 2012).

Julie Frechette; Massachusetts, United States; Co-President
Julie Frechette, Ph.D., is Professor of Communication at Worcester State University, Worcester, MA. Her book, Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace (Praeger Press, 2002), was among the first to explore the “new multiple literacies” approach for the digital age. She is the author of numerous articles on media literacy and feminism, and is co-author of the book Media In Society (Bedford/ St. Martin, 2014). With Rob Williams, Julie is co-editor of Media Education for a Digital Generation(Routledge, 2015).

Ben Boyington; New Hampshire, United States; Vice-President
Veteran high school teacher and consultant Ben Boyington, M.Ed., founded his high-school media studies work on the idea that skepticism and activism are essential to citizenship. He believes that depth of understanding comes from integration, design, and teaching others, and that heutagogy is more important than pedagogy. His research into the 1:1 screen initiative (wherein each student in a school is supplied with an Internet-enabled screen) is published in Media Education for a Digital Generation(Routledge, 2015).

Lori Bindig Yousman; Connecticut, United States; Secretary
Lori Bindig, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of communication in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, the creator of the Media Literacy and Digital Culture graduate program, and the director of the academic Performing Arts program at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She earned her doctorate in communication and an Advanced Graduate Certificate in feminist theory from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research, presented widely and published in a variety of journals and textbooks, focuses on critical cultural studies and media literacy, particularly the construction and commodification of young femininity. Dr. Bindig is the author of Dawson’s Creek: A Critical Understanding (Lexington Books, 2007) and coauthor of The O.C.: A Critical Understanding(Lexington Books, 2012).

Sara Voorhees; New Mexico, United States; Treasurer
A nationally syndicated film critic on television and in print for more than three decades, Sara Voorhees also serves on the board of directors of the Broadcast Film Critics’ Association and is the author of The Lumiere Affair, a mystery set at the Cannes film festival, published in 2007 by Simon and Schuster.

John Boyer; Virginia, United States
John Boyer has worked for more than 30 years in public broadcasting, media education, media policy reform, and community outreach. He helped establish the Media Education Laboratory at Rutgers University-Newark and co-founded the Media Stewards Project to help strengthen American public service media and oneblue.org to foster religious pluralism, cross-cultural understanding, and conflict resolution. He lives in Annandale, Virginia.

Gordon Glover; Vermont, United States
Gordon Glover is a critical multi-mediator who has taught students at every level from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. Formally schooled as a fine artist in film and animation, he has gravitated to memetics and media studies. He has been an Open Society Institute Fellow, founding board member of Wide Angle Community Media, and Pioneer of Media Activism at Towson University, Champlain College, and Burlington College.

Susan X Jane; Massachusetts, United States
Susan X Jane has been the director of the Communications and Media Literacy undergraduate program at Wheelock College, Boston, since its launch in 2009. She also created and oversees the annual Wheelock film festival, which highlights innovative student work. Previous to joining Wheelock’s faculty, she was a community-based media educator in the same city. Susan brings to ACME extensive experience in race and media education, both in formal education and working with teens in community settings. She is also a renowned blogger with followers from across the globe.

Rob Williams; Vermont, United States
A professor of media, communications, and global studies at Champlain College and the University of Vermont, Rob Williams, Ph.D., served as ACME’s founding board president from 2002 to 2006 and rejoined ACME in January 2014. With Julie Frechette, Rob is co-editor of Media Education for a Digital Generation(Routledge, 2015).